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saudi arabia, pakistan, afghanistan. that's where these 663 people were from that were captured by our law enforcement, trying to come into the united states. and they weren't coming over here looking for work that americans won't do. they were coming over here for mischief reasons. and that's because the boarder's open -- border's open. the world knows, if you can get to mexico, you can get to the united states and that was the plan in this bold endeavor to commit terror in the united states. recently they did a border forum in brownsville where we had a primary, law enforcement and people who lived on the border testify about violence on the border. there are some places on the border that aren't violent on the united states side. but there are other places that are. it's not -- it's not all peaceful and it's not all violent. it depends on the area of the border. and one of the cattle ranchers, excuse me, one of the cattlemen that's a ranger for the cattlemen's association testified that he was so concerned about cross
saudi arabia, pakistan, afghanistan. that's where these 663 people were from that were captured by our law enforcement, trying to come into the united states. and they weren't coming over here looking for work that americans won't do. they were coming over here for mischief reasons. and that's because the boarder's open -- border's open. the world knows, if you can get to mexico, you can get to the united states and that was the plan in this bold endeavor to commit terror in the united states....
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we should never have gotten to the point where our troops in afghanistan had to ask whether they were going to be paid. that's a scandal. and it's scandalous that our republican colleagues would threaten for the first time in american history to torpedo america's credit worthiness and american jobs unless they succeeded in enacting a budget plan to end the medicare guarantee, slash medicaid and slash critical investments in education in our future. that was the plan. they wanted to do that now and they wanted to have this whole debate again six months from now. why? not to ruce the deficit. if the goal is to reduce the deficit why refuse to end taxpayer subsidies for the oil companies? if reducing the deficit was the purpose, why refuse to end special breaks for corporate jets and the folks at the very high end of the income scale? that wasn't the plan. the plan was to use this moment to threaten the economy, to try and slash the social safety net and those critical investments in education innovation in our future. and guess what? they failed. they failed to do that. they failed to e
we should never have gotten to the point where our troops in afghanistan had to ask whether they were going to be paid. that's a scandal. and it's scandalous that our republican colleagues would threaten for the first time in american history to torpedo america's credit worthiness and american jobs unless they succeeded in enacting a budget plan to end the medicare guarantee, slash medicaid and slash critical investments in education in our future. that was the plan. they wanted to do that now...
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i've been to afghanistan three times. visiting troops and giving encouragement. i've been to bosnia and kosovo and led trade missions all over the world including south america and china and india come and other things in europe and many other things. the point is in the middle east we've been to israel, kuwait, jordan, turkey, in many places as well. we need to make sure that the president of the united states, the commander in chief, the leader of the free world understand and a port in principle. when you're dealing with thugs and bullies, they understand strength, not weakness. [applause] >> the words matter here. especially coming from the president. so when he said the other day for the first time for an american president to either the words we're going to move forward with the palestinian state based on the 1967 borders, that sets off all kinds of messaging, not only to the enemies of israel in the middle east more broadly in the world, but it also sends a message that there is a crevice or a break between the united states and israel, that's dangerous fo
i've been to afghanistan three times. visiting troops and giving encouragement. i've been to bosnia and kosovo and led trade missions all over the world including south america and china and india come and other things in europe and many other things. the point is in the middle east we've been to israel, kuwait, jordan, turkey, in many places as well. we need to make sure that the president of the united states, the commander in chief, the leader of the free world understand and a port in...
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we are borrowing $100 billion for afghanistan this year. that is more than the entire health-care bill will cost. i would rather spend that money on providing people with severe health care, and fixing the system, then getting bogged down in a war that i think has no end and is a bankrupt in a. and free to bankrupting us -- bankrupting us. host: do you think the cuts will be sustained? guest: i want to spend all we need to spend to protect the people, but i do not want to spend wistfully in a way that does not enhance security. by all accounts, secretary gates is no raging liberal. i remember donald trump is felt even talked about trimming -- doubled rums felled even talk about trimming some of the waste. let's make sure some of our taxpayer dollars are being spent wisely to enhance security. i think there are probably more savings there than secretary gates has outlined. i think we could find even more if we ended these wars in afghanistan and iraq. it makes no sense to me that we will be there for another four years. the cost i think it's
we are borrowing $100 billion for afghanistan this year. that is more than the entire health-care bill will cost. i would rather spend that money on providing people with severe health care, and fixing the system, then getting bogged down in a war that i think has no end and is a bankrupt in a. and free to bankrupting us -- bankrupting us. host: do you think the cuts will be sustained? guest: i want to spend all we need to spend to protect the people, but i do not want to spend wistfully in a...
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spending where has all the money gone we had overseas first of answers as the us marks ten years in afghanistan plus this new number do you believe. in jesus. right. but as soldiers search for their home away from home is the u.s. getting too comfortable in a country it promised to leave perhaps as it goes for a multimillion dollar expansion at bob graham air base. good afternoon it's friday october seventh it's four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching r.t. well occupy wall street is still going on still going strong in new york city friday of the third week that we've seen protesters ranging from hundreds camping out to thousands on the streets speaking out against inequality and over grievances towards the financial system and of course wall street now this movement continues to grow we've seen demonstrations in cities including st louis dallas san francisco los angeles and philadelphia you're sanam behind me in boston to all over we've seen a sympathetic movement protesting in washington d.c. . this week as well and our viewers have been sending us stuff chad set
spending where has all the money gone we had overseas first of answers as the us marks ten years in afghanistan plus this new number do you believe. in jesus. right. but as soldiers search for their home away from home is the u.s. getting too comfortable in a country it promised to leave perhaps as it goes for a multimillion dollar expansion at bob graham air base. good afternoon it's friday october seventh it's four pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching r.t. well...
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that's not a new way forward in afghanistan. we were promised a new way forward in afghanistan. and it's going to take 18 months just to get even that much done. how many times are we going to move the goal post? anything less than a major shift in afghanistan policy will be a huge disappointment to the americans who are paying for it in blood and treasure. clear, strong jorts of our country -- majorities of our country believe it's time we finally end this awful foreign policy blunder. this is not a partisan stance. you just heard congressman walter jones from north carolina. this is common sense. several republicans in this body oppose this war. even some of the republicans running for president have expressed concern about continuing the military occupation much longer. it's simply not acceptable to ask for more patience and more time for this strategy to work. you mean 10 years isn't enough? how many families were missing a seat at the table on father's day this past weekend because we kept giving this dreadful policy one more chance? afghanistan casualties are on the rise,
that's not a new way forward in afghanistan. we were promised a new way forward in afghanistan. and it's going to take 18 months just to get even that much done. how many times are we going to move the goal post? anything less than a major shift in afghanistan policy will be a huge disappointment to the americans who are paying for it in blood and treasure. clear, strong jorts of our country -- majorities of our country believe it's time we finally end this awful foreign policy blunder. this is...
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he said literally the and use every bit of ordinance in that part of afghanistan. they had to call in planes. >> i wish dave was here tonight but there's a lot of guys i wish could have been here. dave is one of those phenomenal heros that is just a mean old dog and he will never get on the porch. that's why she has so much respect from the soldiers that he served with. that is absolutely true on multiple occasions we ran out of nearly ran out of ammunition which is one of the chapters called black on ammo. i believe one part in the battle moly we run out of small arms ammunition but we actually had run out of aircraft. we went through i believe about 79 aircraft which is almost unthinkable unless you think about massive conflicts like vietnam or world war ii or korea we're literally there was an aircraft carrier that support had been shifted from iraq to afghanistan to respond to the amount of taliban that were being interdicted in the valley. so to say that at some moments it was extremely dhaka year is kind of an understatement, but i think that anybody there's
he said literally the and use every bit of ordinance in that part of afghanistan. they had to call in planes. >> i wish dave was here tonight but there's a lot of guys i wish could have been here. dave is one of those phenomenal heros that is just a mean old dog and he will never get on the porch. that's why she has so much respect from the soldiers that he served with. that is absolutely true on multiple occasions we ran out of nearly ran out of ammunition which is one of the chapters...
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welcome to ship two of the strongholds of afghanistan's new lords. for the past three years fortified houses of mushrooms ensure. each still has its own time and security. of course there's the taliban threat but that's not a. sheer force at the heart of a conflict that the new authorities would like to conceal. a war between those who are close to power and thousands of poor people who have lived in the area for several generations. that you have been in the forest for maybe. going to these people came with the americans most of this and it wasn't for their planes and tanks but the minute they would have never made it here to avoid what michael mcclinton were make of america when i mean they should have built all big housing for everyone but good instead they took the area by force which meant to put it in i say the truth all known and it wouldn't like. to come out of what happened one house isn't enough some really have three old fool. who are the owners of these houses the secret is well kept by guards armed with machine guns. you got by the way o
welcome to ship two of the strongholds of afghanistan's new lords. for the past three years fortified houses of mushrooms ensure. each still has its own time and security. of course there's the taliban threat but that's not a. sheer force at the heart of a conflict that the new authorities would like to conceal. a war between those who are close to power and thousands of poor people who have lived in the area for several generations. that you have been in the forest for maybe. going to these...
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do you think that troops in afghanistan are paid for by funny money? the fact is that while on the one hand we hear these complaints about spending we have people pushing for more and more spending. and i have to say here that -- i would include my administration in this and i think if the president expects us to go on with certain restraints elsewhere, adding billions of dollars to what we have already wasted in iraq by keeping thousands of troops in iraq beyond this -- and by the way, why are we keeping troops in iraq? one of the leading advocates for keeping troops in iraq, senator graham said we should keep troops in iraq because we need to police the border between the arabs and the kurds. that at a time when we are denying funds to our cities to police their own areas. so let's be clear. first of all this sham says, you know what, we had a vote to raise the debt limit. we are now going to engage in this mock exercise of taking back what we did. if anyone takes it seriously it will send waves of uncertainty back into the economy. but secondly, goi
do you think that troops in afghanistan are paid for by funny money? the fact is that while on the one hand we hear these complaints about spending we have people pushing for more and more spending. and i have to say here that -- i would include my administration in this and i think if the president expects us to go on with certain restraints elsewhere, adding billions of dollars to what we have already wasted in iraq by keeping thousands of troops in iraq beyond this -- and by the way, why are...
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ambassador to afghanistan because every afghan knew the guys baggage he didn't understand afghanistan very well and they saw him with great admiration you know local boy done good and but he made the big mistake i think of nops allowing not bringing back the former king zahir shah get a few more years to live not because he was a great king in fact he was a lousy king but he represented a period of the one nine hundred seventy s. where most afghans look back i remember that as a nostalgic period of peace and he could have been used as a figurehead that would have brought together a lot of the afghans from different groups the pashtuns the tajiks but that was not so when people were actually quite excited about the americans coming with the international community coming and they thought finally an end to the war but that's just did not happen and when they saw that they brought in the warlords and these corrupt individuals one time. two thousand and two june two thousand and two with the first loya jirgah this is. grand assembly and many that wasn't before the bombing started i don't
ambassador to afghanistan because every afghan knew the guys baggage he didn't understand afghanistan very well and they saw him with great admiration you know local boy done good and but he made the big mistake i think of nops allowing not bringing back the former king zahir shah get a few more years to live not because he was a great king in fact he was a lousy king but he represented a period of the one nine hundred seventy s. where most afghans look back i remember that as a nostalgic...
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. >> it is difficult being out here in afghanistan. especially with all these people doing an amazing job on out here. they make it proud to be on out here. they are very proud to be on out here. >> reporter: for at least a part of one day, these men and women will try to push the wars aside. but celebrations, they didn't and couldn't last long. christmas might be about peace and joy. but there is little of that in this part of the world. drew levinson, cbs news. >>> and also overseas, the sector is claiming responsibility for the series of bombings, killing at least 39 people today. most of the victims were killed outside the catholic church. right at the end of christmas mass. tonight the white house is condemning the attacks as, "senseless." back here at home, police in the county are all looking for the man accused of holding a gun to the woman's head inside the hotel. it happened at the motel six, just off the washington baltimore parkway. according to police, the female employees say that the man tried to force her inside a room
. >> it is difficult being out here in afghanistan. especially with all these people doing an amazing job on out here. they make it proud to be on out here. they are very proud to be on out here. >> reporter: for at least a part of one day, these men and women will try to push the wars aside. but celebrations, they didn't and couldn't last long. christmas might be about peace and joy. but there is little of that in this part of the world. drew levinson, cbs news. >>> and...
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i could see afghanistan. if the two and $9 a week that we were spending -- imagines -- 2 $1 million a week that we are spending -- a match and if that was given to the states. if we can spend nine years at two hundred million dollars a week, all we can afford to put that in our economy. guest: my comment on that statement would be that once we did commit to sending u.s. troops to iraq and afghanistan we owe it to them to support them in any way that we can. when you're talking about how much the wars are costing one it is in terms of assistance, or the support for our troops, it is important to separate the mission from what the operations are costing and trying to get folks back home. . host: next up is buford, county, south carolina. caller: thank you. thank you to the viewers who keep us informed. i am a small farmer. it is hard for me because of the economy and the jobs, and if it was not for my father, my grandfather, a world war two veteran, i would not know where i was -- would be for this military. mi
i could see afghanistan. if the two and $9 a week that we were spending -- imagines -- 2 $1 million a week that we are spending -- a match and if that was given to the states. if we can spend nine years at two hundred million dollars a week, all we can afford to put that in our economy. guest: my comment on that statement would be that once we did commit to sending u.s. troops to iraq and afghanistan we owe it to them to support them in any way that we can. when you're talking about how much...
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marks ten years in afghanistan plus this please do not receive you land in the seas. but as soldiers search for their home away from home is the u.s. getting too comfortable in a country it promised to leave perhaps as it goes for a multimillion dollar expansion at bagram air base. good evening it's friday october seventh it's five pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching r.t. occupy wall street is still going on still going strong and not just new york but all over the country as you can see behind me in new york this is friday of the third week that we've seen protesters ranging from hundreds camping out to thousands on the streets speaking out against inequality in this country and grievances over the panel system directed at wall street now this movement continues to grow we've seen demonstrations in cities behind me like boston chicago and los angeles also dallas san francisco philadelphia we've seen a sympathetic movement protesting in washington d.c. this week going on right now and our viewers have been sending us stuff chad subtle meye
marks ten years in afghanistan plus this please do not receive you land in the seas. but as soldiers search for their home away from home is the u.s. getting too comfortable in a country it promised to leave perhaps as it goes for a multimillion dollar expansion at bagram air base. good evening it's friday october seventh it's five pm here in washington d.c. i'm lauren lyster and you're watching r.t. occupy wall street is still going on still going strong and not just new york but all over the...
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turning an ally into an enemy when it comes to pakistan and could pakistan be the next afghanistan we'll talk to former cia intelligence officer michael scheuer. good evening it's tuesday october eleventh eight pm in washington d.c. and christine friends out there watching our team. a look at the evening at the movement that continues to grow and gain momentum occupy wall street on the agenda today like protesters called the millionaire's march. this video from this afternoon where hundreds of protesters are rallied and also headed to some of the homes of those they say are responsible for the economic turmoil this country is in if they are the ninety nine percent people like j.p. morgan chase c.e.o. jamie dimon news course the rupert murdoch and conservative billionaire david koch are the one percent the protesters which is why they plan marches to the homes of these men today lots going on in new york of course and our producer lucy kavanagh has been in the thick of things for days now let's go to lucy now in our new york studio hey there lucy i have been following your tweets you real
turning an ally into an enemy when it comes to pakistan and could pakistan be the next afghanistan we'll talk to former cia intelligence officer michael scheuer. good evening it's tuesday october eleventh eight pm in washington d.c. and christine friends out there watching our team. a look at the evening at the movement that continues to grow and gain momentum occupy wall street on the agenda today like protesters called the millionaire's march. this video from this afternoon where hundreds of...
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the taliban controls about seventy seventy five percent of afghanistan. we have replicated the disastrous occupation of the red army where we control the urban centers sort of i mean we see attacks even in kabul but only twenty percent of the afghans live in urban centers the rest of the country is either controlled by the taliban or in dispute and. it's an unsustainable war both financially and militarily both in iraq and afghanistan we bought a kind of temporary graveyard piece after one point two million iraqis were killed that's not a lot of time in iraq and i can assure you that that also over the long term is not sustainable so these are wars we can't win we've wasted what four trillion dollars and surd sums of money that could have been used to put every american in this country to work. gave us the best public education in the world as well as access to the finest health care in the world and we just poured down a rat hole. thank you very much for joining us now and. now i spoke with the organizers of the occupy d.c. and new york events about thei
the taliban controls about seventy seventy five percent of afghanistan. we have replicated the disastrous occupation of the red army where we control the urban centers sort of i mean we see attacks even in kabul but only twenty percent of the afghans live in urban centers the rest of the country is either controlled by the taliban or in dispute and. it's an unsustainable war both financially and militarily both in iraq and afghanistan we bought a kind of temporary graveyard piece after one...
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among the few n.g.o.s that had the approval of the minister was afghanistan them out of afghanistan tomorrow the school run by a french afghan national. geo budget is ridiculously low but it provides an education to five hundred street kids that never went to school. for these children afghanistan means one meal per day and learning how to read and write. stories that matter to me the money they got on my couch is made up i used to look at other children going to school and i'd be frustrated and jealous but now that i'm going myself i feel better. well think out oh in financial year i had to work because my father could not provide for the family i didn't have a choice i had to work all year i feel much better now that i come to the center and earning and learning to regional lights he was astonished but he also made a good stick. and corruption of the taliban's best allies. an increasing number of afghans are regretting also not openly islamists iron hand. in the muslims on each under the taliban you didn't see such high levels of corruption so when you did come up true to form a decision t
among the few n.g.o.s that had the approval of the minister was afghanistan them out of afghanistan tomorrow the school run by a french afghan national. geo budget is ridiculously low but it provides an education to five hundred street kids that never went to school. for these children afghanistan means one meal per day and learning how to read and write. stories that matter to me the money they got on my couch is made up i used to look at other children going to school and i'd be frustrated...
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how long we've been in afghanistan. seventy years five years i would say twenty eight ten years i think we've been there since september twelfth two thousand and one is that a ten year i'm going to say eleven would you have to have you know i guesstimate of how many troops we have there right now no i don't know maybe two hundred thousand i don't know offhand i don't know i want to say six ballots for the democrats are. going to dance and. i would say more than grover a hundred thousand i'm not even the cheaper gas down a lot and how many men do you think we've lost so far we lost a neighbor boy to the three thousand searching hundred thirteen hundred fourteen more than a thousand i don't know the numbers are high they're high but i have lost count to man the number of it running over it's been way too many and way too many lots lots too many to me with yeah way too many ten years in a lot of lives yes too many lives i think we're just this plan to get out well despite being a little bit hazy our numbers american seem t
how long we've been in afghanistan. seventy years five years i would say twenty eight ten years i think we've been there since september twelfth two thousand and one is that a ten year i'm going to say eleven would you have to have you know i guesstimate of how many troops we have there right now no i don't know maybe two hundred thousand i don't know offhand i don't know i want to say six ballots for the democrats are. going to dance and. i would say more than grover a hundred thousand i'm not...
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libya is a high profile operation people have been involved in, afghanistan is an operation of great importance. what are some of the lessons learned that will shape the future of the raf from libya? >> fundamentally the capability is based around our people and our people have just been extraordinarily good and capable and committed and professional. and in everything that we have been able to do, it's been because of the people. they have taken the equipment, the weapons, the systems, and they have made it effective in a scenario which we didn't know we were going to face and very rapidly, within a matter of hours were able to turn genuine ability into capability so the first big lesson is never, ever forget which i don't, that the people are at the heart of this. the next one i think is about making sure you have the widest range of capabilities because in all the elements of afghanistan, certainly in libya, knowing precisely where and what the enemy is doing and understanding what the targeting requirements are and being able to be precise, it's not only accurate, it's timely, it
libya is a high profile operation people have been involved in, afghanistan is an operation of great importance. what are some of the lessons learned that will shape the future of the raf from libya? >> fundamentally the capability is based around our people and our people have just been extraordinarily good and capable and committed and professional. and in everything that we have been able to do, it's been because of the people. they have taken the equipment, the weapons, the systems,...
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s former ambassador to kabul has slammed british army commanders in afghanistan he accused them of caring more about saving their forces from spending cuts than actually winning the war or his military contributor says that's not the only thing her majesty's armed forces should be blamed for. the former u.k. ambassador sir coper coles has shined the wiki leaks to be of his latest revelations regarding his interaction and experience with the brave british military in afghanistan the british military used their nato mission in afghanistan as a military safari to enhance and to expand the u.k. military budget and one of the best it or has failed to say is that it was the british military presence on the ground in helmand province that in fact the jump started exponentially expanded the opium production from southern afghanistan to all across the country under the watchful guidance and protections of the rave british soldiers are just military can to get a crew shelved they are. now schoolkids won't be getting their four month winter break in indian administered kashmir this year they are bei
s former ambassador to kabul has slammed british army commanders in afghanistan he accused them of caring more about saving their forces from spending cuts than actually winning the war or his military contributor says that's not the only thing her majesty's armed forces should be blamed for. the former u.k. ambassador sir coper coles has shined the wiki leaks to be of his latest revelations regarding his interaction and experience with the brave british military in afghanistan the british...
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since the afghanistan war began, the u.s. and pakistan have been uneasy allies. the fragile friendship is showing more signs of breaking down. >> we're all balancing the two realities. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clintonel to congress pakistan's spy agency is supporting a terrorist group called the hakani network, attacking u.s. troops in pakistan and afghanistan from safe heavies in pakistan. >> pakistan's leadership must join us in squeezing thes in thework. >> reporter: while senior u.s. officials incests pakistan continues to harbor terrorists, the former president claims that pakistan is ino sent. >> i am 500% sure that i did not know, whether anyone believes it or not. >> reporter: in meetings with current pakistani leaders, she made it clear the u.s. will not tolerate anymore attacks on u.s. interests in afghanistan. >> i made it clear to the pakistanis that the attack on our embassy was an outrage. >> reporter: the tough talk provoked a statement from karzai. >> if pakistan is attacked, afghanistan will be there with you. >> reporter: clinton
since the afghanistan war began, the u.s. and pakistan have been uneasy allies. the fragile friendship is showing more signs of breaking down. >> we're all balancing the two realities. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clintonel to congress pakistan's spy agency is supporting a terrorist group called the hakani network, attacking u.s. troops in pakistan and afghanistan from safe heavies in pakistan. >> pakistan's leadership must join us in squeezing thes in thework....
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the population of afghanistan is around 29 million, and there's probably no more than 80,000 u.s. soldiers serving in afghanistan right now, but if you look at the stories that come out, you think the numbers are completely reversed. all the stories are about americans, and you see almost no images of stories about the afghan people themselves, so if you look at the dominant representational paradigm uc today, it is all about foreign soldiers. my idea was to try incurred counted to that a popularized narrative and focus on images and stories that really reflect that lived experience of conflict through the eyes of the afghan people. >> you are exhibiting with three other photographers. it is true all three of them have really focused in the areas where a lot of u.s. and allied forces are seeing action, are actually involved in combat, so your story is different than theirs. what does it mean to show your body of work along side of the stories that probably are more familiar? what kind of juxtaposition does that create for you as an artist? >> i think the strength of bringing the t
the population of afghanistan is around 29 million, and there's probably no more than 80,000 u.s. soldiers serving in afghanistan right now, but if you look at the stories that come out, you think the numbers are completely reversed. all the stories are about americans, and you see almost no images of stories about the afghan people themselves, so if you look at the dominant representational paradigm uc today, it is all about foreign soldiers. my idea was to try incurred counted to that a...
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i think the president for the continued support for reconstruction in afghanistan. we agreed to continue our support for the transitions in middle east and north africa. we agree to courtney more closely on developments that can lift people in -- to coordinate more closely on developments that can lift people. as we approached the g-20 and summit, we agree on the need for action that focuses on growth. we are strengthening the ties. succory is one the top sources of international students. in number of american students has been soaring. our teams are based banding -- are expanding change. i thank you for your partnership and friendship. i am confident that your visit will mark a turning point of enduring alliance. >> thank you. first of all, i think president obama again for inviting me to make a statement. this goes out to the first lady. i am pleased to have had the chance to reaffirm the strong partnership and friendship between our two countries. i met with president obama six times over the past three years. our meetings were always constructive. it allowed us
i think the president for the continued support for reconstruction in afghanistan. we agreed to continue our support for the transitions in middle east and north africa. we agree to courtney more closely on developments that can lift people in -- to coordinate more closely on developments that can lift people. as we approached the g-20 and summit, we agree on the need for action that focuses on growth. we are strengthening the ties. succory is one the top sources of international students. in...
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afghanistan has the highest mountains in the earth. we have 100,000 troops in afghanistan. one in three or shooters. they're supposed to keep mr. karzai in power and rebuild the economy, build a transportation and communications infrastructure from scratch, defeat the taliban, and in his spare time, go after bin laden. host: let's go to phone calls. stephen in college park, maryland. caller: there is one sensible, just, -- they should have desecrates his remains. feed it to -- a pig farm lagoon to show the followers would means -- and who is the boss. we're not doing that. it is unfortunate. host: that is your opinion. what about stoking the fire? this is what's osama bin laden -- this is what osama bin laden wanted. guest: to desecrate the body would have made us feel good, but it would have invoked great anger in the muslim world. host: lancaster, california. tony, you are next. caller: i have a question for those who question the burial at sea. where do they think you want -- he should have been buried? in the united states? host: that was part of a report that said it w
afghanistan has the highest mountains in the earth. we have 100,000 troops in afghanistan. one in three or shooters. they're supposed to keep mr. karzai in power and rebuild the economy, build a transportation and communications infrastructure from scratch, defeat the taliban, and in his spare time, go after bin laden. host: let's go to phone calls. stephen in college park, maryland. caller: there is one sensible, just, -- they should have desecrates his remains. feed it to -- a pig farm lagoon...
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is the afghanistan central government introducing the rule of law? have we not already defeated al qaeda? and so who are we fighting and why? for $10 billion a month, mr. speaker, our expectations as taxpayers, as americans, as members of congress should be high. is it too much to think that $10 billion a month to buy a stable ally, ally capable of standing on its own two feet, taking responsibility for its own security and having respect for the rule of law? instead, corruption and chaos are ruling the day in kabul. basic government institutions are failing to provide services. president karzai has tried to establish a special court, in fact, for the purpose of stripping 62 members of parliament of their seats and the financial system is teetering on the brink of collapse. with the head of the central bank fleeing the country and accusing karzai's regime of fraud and cronism. just a few days ago, mr. speaker, a brawl broke out on the floor of the afghanistan parliament with one member throwing a shoe at another member when a motion was proposed to i
is the afghanistan central government introducing the rule of law? have we not already defeated al qaeda? and so who are we fighting and why? for $10 billion a month, mr. speaker, our expectations as taxpayers, as americans, as members of congress should be high. is it too much to think that $10 billion a month to buy a stable ally, ally capable of standing on its own two feet, taking responsibility for its own security and having respect for the rule of law? instead, corruption and chaos are...
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and you know what will be the bases in afghanistan really achieve. i think a lot of the bases will be used for special forces operations i think they'll do a lot of targeted raids like we've seen them that sort of an elevated sample rate over the last several years i think will be development projects we continue out of them. a strong military presence will continue one way or another the u.s. side. there is this planned draw down of foreign troops in afghanistan most of them are your last troops also marked the transition of control to the afghan national army but at the same time there is this more long term benefit of being established what is the significance of a more permanent presence in afghanistan well i think when i was in kandahar few weeks ago it senior u.s. diplomatic officials told me that the u.s. plan to continue to have a strong relationship with afghanistan and he said that was going to be sort of a normal development relationship and that could mean that the united states develops a sort of relationship like it has with egypt where
and you know what will be the bases in afghanistan really achieve. i think a lot of the bases will be used for special forces operations i think they'll do a lot of targeted raids like we've seen them that sort of an elevated sample rate over the last several years i think will be development projects we continue out of them. a strong military presence will continue one way or another the u.s. side. there is this planned draw down of foreign troops in afghanistan most of them are your last...
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that's the war in afghanistan. most americans, certainly most vermonters i talk with, increasing number of members of congress, i think we have to greatly accelerate our withdrawal from that country. i supported going into afghanistan for the purpose of getting osama bin laden. after 9/11. the subcommittee and all of us here on the appropriations committee have been strongly supportive of that. i did not support the invasion of iraq, which distracted us from that goal. iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. we are paying for this cause for years to come. we have borrowed the money to go into that war. an extraordinary thing in a war to borrow the money. continue to borrow the money. statement, tame give a tax cut to anybody who makes as much as a member of congress. we'll let our children and grandchildren pay for these wars. i don't think we can continue to sacrifice the many lives and spending billions of dollars a week in a war with no end. i think we have to identify achievable goals in afghanistan. i think we have
that's the war in afghanistan. most americans, certainly most vermonters i talk with, increasing number of members of congress, i think we have to greatly accelerate our withdrawal from that country. i supported going into afghanistan for the purpose of getting osama bin laden. after 9/11. the subcommittee and all of us here on the appropriations committee have been strongly supportive of that. i did not support the invasion of iraq, which distracted us from that goal. iraq had nothing to do...
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and he was wounded by insurgent rocket fire in afghanistan. he was taken to a hospital if many germany and -- he is taken to a hospital in germany and died the next day. it happened just two weeks before being scheduled to come home. and he also says that during the attack, his son's body shielded other soldiers it in his unit. five were injured. his friends and family are flocking to the facebook page to share with the world how wonderful he truly was. he joined the army his senior year of high school serving six tours, including in iraq, afghanistan, bosnia and others. the 32-year-old was modest. only now his family is finding out just how great he really was. his father said that he just found out his son had four purple hearts and a bronze star. i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now. >>> coming up tonight on the cbs evening news, scott kelly live from afghanistan as we hit the 10-year mark on the war. tonight where the country stands and america's path out. >>> coming up on 9news now at 7:00, imagine that you've got to spend more on certain foods
and he was wounded by insurgent rocket fire in afghanistan. he was taken to a hospital if many germany and -- he is taken to a hospital in germany and died the next day. it happened just two weeks before being scheduled to come home. and he also says that during the attack, his son's body shielded other soldiers it in his unit. five were injured. his friends and family are flocking to the facebook page to share with the world how wonderful he truly was. he joined the army his senior year of...
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commander in afghanistan is now on notice. he has two months to submit a detailed plan to bring american troops home. that as more lives are claimed. fox's lauren green has more. >> reporter: just a few weeks after taking the job, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, general john allen, is ordered to submit a plan for the initial withdrawal of american troops. mike mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, announcing the order during a visit to that country. he said u.s. forces are making that progress in their campaign against insurgents but it's pushing up pressure of islamabad to push out. >> pakistan is home to many terrorists. they are home to the headquarters of al-qaeda who still is an organization that plots to kill as many americans as they possibly can. it's home to other terrorist organizations. >> reporter: admiral mullen talks about a strategic partnership between the u.s. and afghanistan, saying it will take some time. >> it takes hard negotiation and a very clear understanding of what the issues are o
commander in afghanistan is now on notice. he has two months to submit a detailed plan to bring american troops home. that as more lives are claimed. fox's lauren green has more. >> reporter: just a few weeks after taking the job, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, general john allen, is ordered to submit a plan for the initial withdrawal of american troops. mike mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, announcing the order during a visit to that country. he said u.s. forces...
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province of afghanistan. he was employed to afghanistan as part of the first battalion, eighth marine regiment, second marine division out of camp lejeune, north carolina. he leaves behind his mother, his father, a sister, a brother, who serves in the georgia national guard. he also leaves behind a nephew. ramon desired to become a united states marine from an early age. family members call ramon's spending hours playing military video games and watching the military channel when he was a teenager. ramon began training to enter the service even before he graduated from high school. he passed up recruitment offers from the navy, army, and air force to join the marines. many family members were apprehensive about ray moan joining the marines, but he felt that it was his duty to serve. he told his family, don't try to worry about me much. i'm glad i'm doing what i always wanted to do. friends and family members who recalled ramon remember a young man who was not only driven to serve his country but also someone
province of afghanistan. he was employed to afghanistan as part of the first battalion, eighth marine regiment, second marine division out of camp lejeune, north carolina. he leaves behind his mother, his father, a sister, a brother, who serves in the georgia national guard. he also leaves behind a nephew. ramon desired to become a united states marine from an early age. family members call ramon's spending hours playing military video games and watching the military channel when he was a...
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and afghanistan what's confusing and what's very indicative of this short term. policies of western democracies and satisfying because it's insurance is that the aims have been shifting constantly since success in winning in afghanistan is meant very different things as we've gone along and again with. the americans were very much focused on counterterrorism and i south was focused on sort of can't it's our been when obama came into office we started talking much more about counterinsurgency and his always broader lessons from into afghanistan and so we switched more into a steep counterinsurgency role and now because we've had success and switchback into counterterrorism success it's really i think it's more indicative yeah. i find it really kind of remarkable this only a few weeks ago a month ago depending on which saying what a success afghanistan was and now as we get to bomb a speech and the details of it you're saying there's a dire need not to pull out i mean what's going on here again it's more smoke and mirrors i mean you don't seem to have a clear pictu
and afghanistan what's confusing and what's very indicative of this short term. policies of western democracies and satisfying because it's insurance is that the aims have been shifting constantly since success in winning in afghanistan is meant very different things as we've gone along and again with. the americans were very much focused on counterterrorism and i south was focused on sort of can't it's our been when obama came into office we started talking much more about counterinsurgency...
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and that was archie's military analyst with his assessment for afghanistan. news and breve this saturday night abbas has all the time and crashed into a cliff and was job they named an easy killing fool for interest in the injuring eleven the bus was carrying visitors from the netherlands belgium many india as the brakes failed when it was going downhill it comes just a month after a similar crash on the island killed nineteen people. six people have had a lucky escape surviving a plane crash in australia a small aircraft with five skydivers and a pilot on board question to oak creek surrounded by trees and it was preparing to land near melbourne the pilot suffered a broken legs and had to become freed at least two were winched to safety by helicopter one passenger was also was also injured but a number of were remarkably and hurt after the accident. in the heavy fighting continues in search of the most important of the remaining strongholds controlled by forces loyal to us to the leader colonel gadhafi interim government forces have been facing fierce resist
and that was archie's military analyst with his assessment for afghanistan. news and breve this saturday night abbas has all the time and crashed into a cliff and was job they named an easy killing fool for interest in the injuring eleven the bus was carrying visitors from the netherlands belgium many india as the brakes failed when it was going downhill it comes just a month after a similar crash on the island killed nineteen people. six people have had a lucky escape surviving a plane crash...
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do you like the invasion of afghanistan part of the ten year anniversary little town of undefeated no way in sight meanwhile became an office rising faster than that with the number of civilians killed this year alone approaching total coalition losses in a decade. while in london and demands on the streets of the country's troops to leave afghanistan to violet inflicting the unpopularity of the u.k. over the war which has claimed almost four hundred british military lives. and. thousands of people on wall street protests against france across the two are spreading to dozens of american cities from richmond total sunderland hitting the capital washington d.c. . welcome to our t. prince follow news live from moscow. our tommies story now the u.s. led war in afghanistan has now passed the ten year mark widely dubbed as a decade of failure by critics its human cost keeps on climbing more than two thousand seven hundred foreign troops have died during the fighting and figured most of by the number of afghan lives lost jason mortlock report. another day in afghanistan's southern battle mor
do you like the invasion of afghanistan part of the ten year anniversary little town of undefeated no way in sight meanwhile became an office rising faster than that with the number of civilians killed this year alone approaching total coalition losses in a decade. while in london and demands on the streets of the country's troops to leave afghanistan to violet inflicting the unpopularity of the u.k. over the war which has claimed almost four hundred british military lives. and. thousands of...
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not even anything about nine eleven so if afghanistan civilians have no idea why the u.s. invaded their country what terror intelligence did the u.s. miss in the first place. and it's not just countries the u.s. attacked after nine eleven a personal freedoms came under fire as well so in a post nine eleven world or assaults on human rights are now considered the norm. hey there it's friday september ninth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz out there watching our team. jobs and the economy now this is one these are two issues that just about anyone whether they're republican or democrat independent will tell you are the two most important issues and the most significant challenges the u.s. is facing as a country it's also the reason president obama called a joint session of congress and made a rousing speech last night laying out what he calls the american jobs act now the nuts and bolts of this plan include the creation of more jobs for construction workers teachers the trends and for long term unemployed the president says he wants to provide a tax break for c
not even anything about nine eleven so if afghanistan civilians have no idea why the u.s. invaded their country what terror intelligence did the u.s. miss in the first place. and it's not just countries the u.s. attacked after nine eleven a personal freedoms came under fire as well so in a post nine eleven world or assaults on human rights are now considered the norm. hey there it's friday september ninth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz out there watching our team. jobs and the...
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do this this is not going to change after we leave iraq this is not going to change after we leave afghanistan what do you think you know because obviously we have a lot of people that think that iran is a huge threat to the united states iran getting nuclear weapons but at this point don't we essentially have iran surrounded by our troops by certain military operations be they pakistan in afghanistan or even you know bahrain is on the border but it's pretty close by we have our fifth fleet there oh it's more than that there are so many other places where we have the strategic capabilities and it doesn't take long to surface around the sea there's a broader question here in the broader question is is that we have these many troops on the ground if we have this capability on the ground are we providing stability are we actually exacerbating instability so that's one major question but you know here's a perfect example of this we continue now to support these operations and a new security shift as we continue to support the saudis and others one of the things that we saw happen just this summer
do this this is not going to change after we leave iraq this is not going to change after we leave afghanistan what do you think you know because obviously we have a lot of people that think that iran is a huge threat to the united states iran getting nuclear weapons but at this point don't we essentially have iran surrounded by our troops by certain military operations be they pakistan in afghanistan or even you know bahrain is on the border but it's pretty close by we have our fifth fleet...
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at stake for americans if a shutdown really takes place plus i think you're not footing the bill for afghanistan think again i want to break down the actual figures that you and i are shelling out and you warn anybody and if the war costs don't make you sick there's always seafood to do the job especially if it's coming from japan we're going to talk about how that country's radiation leak could hurt the global food chain for all of us. are right you need to know this when the clock strikes midnight on friday april eighth it is now all but certain that americans will experience their first federal government shutdown in fifteen years and president barack obama is meeting with congressional leaders this evening in a last ditch effort to come to a deal on the budget as both sides remain billions of dollars apart and odds over where to find savings the house republicans have proposed put posted a clock on their website counting down the days hours minutes and seconds until the government shuts down i mean i wouldn't be surprised if these guys are stocking up on confetti and noisemakers while they'r
at stake for americans if a shutdown really takes place plus i think you're not footing the bill for afghanistan think again i want to break down the actual figures that you and i are shelling out and you warn anybody and if the war costs don't make you sick there's always seafood to do the job especially if it's coming from japan we're going to talk about how that country's radiation leak could hurt the global food chain for all of us. are right you need to know this when the clock strikes...
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if it seems we've been in afghanistan a long time, watch these boots. you don't cover much ground when you worry over every step. s it might take hours to cross 100 yards. the new lieutenant has learned, leave the path, go the hard way. >> better wet than dead. >.>> pelley: the home made mines dont spark underwater. >> if you can walk through water the whole time, you'll do it. >> pelley: durso went to west point because he wanted to serve in afghanistan. when we asked him why, he told us about a childhood friend who waited for a father who would never come home. >> the day after 9/11, i remember being at her house, and she got real quiet and she eventually looked back at me and said, "who's going to walk me down the aisle when i get married?" it wasn't just an event to me. it was people. it was my own people, my own town. to be able to see something like that and still decide not to do anything was like ludicrous to me. >> pelley: now he's learning this new terrain, like the long mud walls that support the grape rows here, they hide the enemy and slow
if it seems we've been in afghanistan a long time, watch these boots. you don't cover much ground when you worry over every step. s it might take hours to cross 100 yards. the new lieutenant has learned, leave the path, go the hard way. >> better wet than dead. >.>> pelley: the home made mines dont spark underwater. >> if you can walk through water the whole time, you'll do it. >> pelley: durso went to west point because he wanted to serve in afghanistan. when we...
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and the other day on afghanistan so the. war council. displayed official claims that the war is being won to close and live in a sling executed was yet for u.s. forces fighting to take the kid one taliban insurgents but thanks to improved with a quick trip abilities casualty some would have persian previous conflicts survive these two soldiers one patrol a vehicle one would side bomb exploded before it took less than half an hour for a member of the crew to pick for not by helicopter and deliver them to the. trauma ward at kandahar air field one of the country's busiest their injuries are not extreme i mean we will most likely stay on base until they've recovered more severe cases such as it continues or flown to germany for treatment right yes. this was so it was built to save critically injured american troops fresh from the front lines but doctors here also treat afghan civilians caught in the crossfire with nowhere else to go for help nine year old will leave was shot in the head by a stray bullet earlier this year when u.s. marines
and the other day on afghanistan so the. war council. displayed official claims that the war is being won to close and live in a sling executed was yet for u.s. forces fighting to take the kid one taliban insurgents but thanks to improved with a quick trip abilities casualty some would have persian previous conflicts survive these two soldiers one patrol a vehicle one would side bomb exploded before it took less than half an hour for a member of the crew to pick for not by helicopter and...
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from afghanistan heroin finds its way to stand and then on to russia and europe. in two thousand and ten stans law enforcement authorities confiscated more than two tons of drugs coming from afghanistan. of criminals who are different members have a particular rules apply. they include masterminds traffickers go betweens pins and consumers. the whole network is a will the world machine. police in the whole amount of confiscated heroin into a special laura tree here it becomes clear that drug traffickers are willing to resort to any trick to make sure their supply gets through and one of the consignments laborde free staff discovered heroin tucked away inside dried grapes. these reasons were soaked in water before hand soothe disease could be removed then tiny packets of herion were inserted in the place. the republic of tajikistan is situated in the foothills of the pami range in central asia it is a landlocked country bordering afghanistan in the south as big as down in kyrgyzstan in the north and west and china to the east the country significantly lacks major t
from afghanistan heroin finds its way to stand and then on to russia and europe. in two thousand and ten stans law enforcement authorities confiscated more than two tons of drugs coming from afghanistan. of criminals who are different members have a particular rules apply. they include masterminds traffickers go betweens pins and consumers. the whole network is a will the world machine. police in the whole amount of confiscated heroin into a special laura tree here it becomes clear that drug...
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another day in afghanistan so the battle for more casualties despite official claims that the war is being won two thousand and eleven is lining up to be the deadliest yet for u.s. forces fighting to tame the decade long taliban insurgency but things to improve medical capabilities casualties who would have perished in previous conflicts are surviving but these two soldiers one patrol in a vehicle when a roadside bomb exploded beneath him it took less than half an hour for a medical crew to pick them up by helicopter and deliver them to the trauma ward at kandahar airfield one of the country's busiest for their injuries are bad but not extreme i mean we will most likely stay on base until they've recovered more severe cases such as if you teams are flown to germany for treatment all right you guys can go this facility was built to save critically injured american troops fresh from the front lines but doctors here also treat afghan civilians caught in the war's crossfire with nowhere else to go for help nine year old wally was shot in the head by a stray bullet earlier this year when
another day in afghanistan so the battle for more casualties despite official claims that the war is being won two thousand and eleven is lining up to be the deadliest yet for u.s. forces fighting to tame the decade long taliban insurgency but things to improve medical capabilities casualties who would have perished in previous conflicts are surviving but these two soldiers one patrol in a vehicle when a roadside bomb exploded beneath him it took less than half an hour for a medical crew to...
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in afghanistan in particular, both the united states and pakistan do want stability in afghanistan at some basic level. neither country wants to see other country unravel in the way it has in the past. however, pakistan wants to retain a significant influence in afghanistan as well, and they are worried about an indian influence in afghanistan. talking about a destabilized afghanistan that pakistan had influence in and unstable afghanistan with india influence, they would want to see a unstable afghanistan. we don't want to see the region gauge of a proxy civil war. and so there is a difference of opinion. there's a difference of priority. and many of these differences then essentially boil down to these kind of crisis events like this border incident that we saw just in the past couple of days. we're not necessarily working completely cross-purposes but in important ways we are. it's not just a family squabble. it's something more significant than that host: do the pakistanis view a -- essentially india? guest: not necessarily. i think that they have been upset with the version of af
in afghanistan in particular, both the united states and pakistan do want stability in afghanistan at some basic level. neither country wants to see other country unravel in the way it has in the past. however, pakistan wants to retain a significant influence in afghanistan as well, and they are worried about an indian influence in afghanistan. talking about a destabilized afghanistan that pakistan had influence in and unstable afghanistan with india influence, they would want to see a unstable...
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while in london the demands on the streets of the country's troops to leave afghanistan as a writer would beg to be of popularity in the u.k. of the war which has claimed almost four hundred british military lives. and occupy wall street protests against trying to cross the us spreading to dozens of american city and strong richmond to los angeles and hating the capital washington d.c. . russia under around the world this is all see with me about thanks for joining us the u.s. led war in afghanistan has now passed the ten year mark why did dubbed as a decade of barely ago critics its human cost keeps on climbing more than two thousand seven hundred for in truth have died during the fighting at figured water by the number of am good lives lost jason reports. they do something. more casual. despite official claims that there was one two thousand living sliding up to be the deadliest yet for u.s. forces fighting the decade long taliban insurgency the chance to improve because people abilities casualties and would have perished in previous conflicts are surviving by these two soldiers one pat
while in london the demands on the streets of the country's troops to leave afghanistan as a writer would beg to be of popularity in the u.k. of the war which has claimed almost four hundred british military lives. and occupy wall street protests against trying to cross the us spreading to dozens of american city and strong richmond to los angeles and hating the capital washington d.c. . russia under around the world this is all see with me about thanks for joining us the u.s. led war in...
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afghanistan ten years later. more shooting more bloodshed and not an end in sight the guys there are in afghanistan fighting hard to help us the coalition forces were ten years old when this war started the expense of the war in afghanistan is staggering it cost the lives of nearly seventeen hundred u.s. soldiers an estimated thirty four thousand afghan troops and civilian dad and nearly half a trillion dollars poured into war and today anti-war activists say enough is enough it's being. carried out on the backs of the poor and on the working class. thousands gather at freedom plaza in washington d.c. demanding an end to the wars we want the war to stop now and one way is to stop the funding of the war in iraq and afghanistan and we hope that's what the people will really put the pressure on our leaders to do. the protests sparked this week marked both the ten year anniversary of the war in afghanistan and the first week of the new federal budget a budget which funnels an enormous amount of cash and so wars in th
afghanistan ten years later. more shooting more bloodshed and not an end in sight the guys there are in afghanistan fighting hard to help us the coalition forces were ten years old when this war started the expense of the war in afghanistan is staggering it cost the lives of nearly seventeen hundred u.s. soldiers an estimated thirty four thousand afghan troops and civilian dad and nearly half a trillion dollars poured into war and today anti-war activists say enough is enough it's being....
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that the obama administration is now asking the pentagon for a plan in terms of a troop presence in afghanistan and two thousand and fourteen do you think that that's that's a good sign like you're asking them for a plan in terms of how things will get out or they're asking them for a plan in terms of how much he or how many people can we keep it. both and let's face it everything has to do with politics right now everything is driven with trying to pay or to the left one side and the placate the right on the other and i think i've said this before and i've spent a lot of time talking to a lot of people in afghanistan or what we're doing in kabul being in kandahar and herat and other places as well the problem is the ok or how you should assume the end we will not win we can't win in afghanistan we don't know who the good guys are we don't know who the bad guys are and sadly in many ways we funded both with the pakistani i.s.i. one side and then the afghans on the other and since we can't figure that out since we expand our operations or shift our operations or change our operations it doesn't
that the obama administration is now asking the pentagon for a plan in terms of a troop presence in afghanistan and two thousand and fourteen do you think that that's that's a good sign like you're asking them for a plan in terms of how things will get out or they're asking them for a plan in terms of how much he or how many people can we keep it. both and let's face it everything has to do with politics right now everything is driven with trying to pay or to the left one side and the placate...
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it is the lead he became radical by the soviet invasion of afghanistan. later, he began targeting the united states and was linked to the bombings in africa in 1998 and the next year, the attack on one of the u.s. shuts in. he as it troops in afghanistan and we have been trying to track him down ever since then. we will have more on the latest of the death of osama bin laden. >>> nearly 3000 citizens taken from oz, leaving a gaping whole in our hearts. on september 11, 2001, in our time of grief,- >> that was president obama speaking from the white house at about 8:42 night. let's look at the tremendous action taking place in washington, d.c. tonight. >> usa, usa, usa. >> lots of smiles and plenty of chairs outside the white house. even before the president spoke tonight as word leaked out that osama bin laden was dead, crowds pressed against a fence outside the white house. many of you see here that they are carrying flags and cheering the news. >> the news of his death is raising security questions at sensitive facilities including airport. we are live
it is the lead he became radical by the soviet invasion of afghanistan. later, he began targeting the united states and was linked to the bombings in africa in 1998 and the next year, the attack on one of the u.s. shuts in. he as it troops in afghanistan and we have been trying to track him down ever since then. we will have more on the latest of the death of osama bin laden. >>> nearly 3000 citizens taken from oz, leaving a gaping whole in our hearts. on september 11, 2001, in our...
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there were soldiers killed in afghanistan under george bush this was the entire era from two thousand and one to two thousand eight six hundred thirty and they were soldiers killed in afghanistan under obama in the last two years eight hundred seven tell me this war is going well. and that's the that's the last horse ok so let me get back to us so we were we're likely now to spend over one trillion dollars one trillion dollars in a country with a pre-invasion g.d.p. of two billion i just think about this for a minute the entire economy of afghanistan before we invaded that was was two billion dollars a year average income of the average afghan citizen was three hundred dollars a year two billion was their annual g.d.p. the g.d.p. of the state of wyoming is thirty seven billion dollars the g.d.p. of the city of chicago is five hundred seventy four billion dollars the chicago police car is thirteen thousand employees and the d.o.d. that a car a defense does is we've got thirty four thousand dead civilians in afghanistan you know if we just took that one trillion dollars that we're spend
there were soldiers killed in afghanistan under george bush this was the entire era from two thousand and one to two thousand eight six hundred thirty and they were soldiers killed in afghanistan under obama in the last two years eight hundred seven tell me this war is going well. and that's the that's the last horse ok so let me get back to us so we were we're likely now to spend over one trillion dollars one trillion dollars in a country with a pre-invasion g.d.p. of two billion i just think...